Flight Simulation of a 3 gram Autonomous Glider

Abstract

The Microglider project at UC Berkeley aims at designing an autonomous, palmsized glider to serve as a test-bed for minimum sensor flight control. In order to quickly test and refine the flight control strategies of the microglider, a software tool is presented here which simulates the microglider in flight. The simulated glider is tested using ocelli and optical flow sensors, and a discrete motion control strategy is designed and refined.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 24, 2006
Accession Number
ADA473961

Entities

People

  • Jon P. Entwistle

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Collision Avoidance
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Science
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Flight Simulations
  • Flight Simulators
  • Hypervelocity Flow
  • Image Processing
  • Light Sources
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Test Beds
  • Three Dimensional
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control